Table 1.

Risk factors for coronary artery disease in women

Major risk factors	Nontraditional risk factors
Hypertension	Chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease (SLE, RA, psoriasis)
Age	Menopause
Diabetes mellitus	Pregnancy-induced HTN, eclampsia, pre-eclampsia
Smoking	Gestational diabetes
Family history of premature CVD (men <age 55 or women <age 65)	Polycystic ovarian syndrome
Dyslipidemia (HDL-C <40 in men or <50 in women)	Mental stress/depression
Physical inactivity/obesity

Note: Redproduced from J Nucl Cardiol. 2016;23(5):986–990. Isiadinso I, Shaw LJ. Diagnosis and risk stratification of women with stable ischemic heart disease. Copyright 2016 American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. With permission of Springer.³²

Abbreviations: CVD, cardiovascular disease; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HTN, hypertension; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SLE, systemic lupus eryhematosus.